Notre Dame sent this neon-green Adidas jersey to President Barack Obama in response to his criticism of their tourney look earlier this week. Courtesy of the University of Notre Dame.

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President Barack Obama's tie for the visit of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny was green, but a much more subdued shade than that of the Adidas-designed new uniform for Notre Dame. / AP Photo/Susan Walsh

• Their stand on just saying no to the hideous new uniforms won plaudits from me and competitors too. (Really, they are TERRIBLE - expand the panel at left to see what I mean. A colleague caught a look at these behind me while I wrote this post and was gobsmacked. “Did Joey Buttafuoco design those?” I assured him IU was standing pat.)